Aerosol Technology Committee

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Mission

To provide a forum for exchanging ideas and information about aerosols and how they impact the workplace and the community. To participate in the development and analysis of related technological and regulatory issues.

Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: Assemble, evaluate, and disseminate to occupational and environmental health professionals information relevant to sampling, analysis, and the physical characterization of aerosols.

Monitor and report on relevant activities by rule-making organizations.

Develop and recommend positions to the AIHA Board.

David L. Swift Memorial Award

The Aerosol Technology Committee confers this award to honor the memory of Dr. Swift, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, for his outstanding contributions to aerosol and industrial hygiene research. The outstanding paper is selected from among all papers related to aerosol research published during the previous calendar year in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. The papers are rated for their:

Development of an aerosol sampler or sensor,

Evaluation of an aerosol sampler or sensor or an aerosol sampling method,

Use of an aerosol or aerosol sampling device to test a piece of equipment, and/or